Thursday, June 2, 2016

What Would The Buddha Say About Recovery?: Writing A Short "Illness" Narrative Assignment

I recently moved out of my family home and in with my fiance and we had a bad housemate experience that required us to move again. The stress of moving twice in a short period of time made me fall behind on housework and I am suffering from and struggling with the overwhelm of drowning in the laundry. This suffering makes me feel frustrated with myself and my fiance because a lot needs to be done, culturally I'm not used to asking for support and help, and I really want to do it on my own.

I need to drop my storyline now because it is affecting other people and I am getting frustrated with myself and wanting it to change as soon as possible because I hate the way it makes me feel stuck in meltdown mode.

Today I have chosen to acknowledge that this is hard, but  to take today one moment at a time, check off each little thing that gets done, and appreciate it.